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Tuesday, January 12, 2016

MEDIA COVERAGE OF SELECTION OF MICHELLE KING AS NEW LAUSD SUPERINTENDENT (15 items)

"Over the course of more than 30 years, [Michelle King] has led reform efforts to increase graduation rates, strengthen academic rigor and promote restorative justice,'' Her historic selection will bring the first woman of color to this key leadership role, inspiring thousands of girls throughout our city. I am eager to partner with her in this new role as we work to improve outcomes for all students in Los Angeles.''

- Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti

from LAUSD Clipping Service / TUESDAY ARTICLES - 1/12/2016)

LOS ANGELES TIMES

Who is new L.A. Unified Supt. Michelle King?

Michelle King started as a student aide at L.A. Unified in 1978.

For
all the months devoted to a national search, Los Angeles school
officials ended up turning to someone with deep local roots as the new
superintendent.

Michelle
King, 54, was educated in L.A. Unified schools and spent her entire
career there starting in 1978, when she took a job as a student aide.

Michelle
King, center, receives applause from L.A. Unified board member Scott
Schmerelson, left, and board President Steve Zimmer after being named
on Monday
as the district's new superintendent.

For
months, a high-profile head-hunting firm searched the nation for a new
superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District. On Monday
evening,
the Board of Education gave the job to a candidate who was part of the
district all along: Chief Deputy Supt. Michelle King.Some education
experts cheered the decision. Others winced.

Michelle King named LAUSD superintendent, first black woman to hold post

Michelle
King, center, is flanked by daughter, Colleen, left, and her mother,
Ivolene Brewster, right, during the recent Women on Target awards. King
was named LAUSD superintendent on Monday, Jan. 11, 2016.

A
veteran administrator was tapped to lead the nation’s second-largest
school system on Monday, as the Los Angeles Unified School District
board chose a longtime teacher
and principal to oversee the education of more than 600,000 school
children.

LAUSD Deputy Superintendent Michelle King, 54, became the first African-American woman to hold the superintendent post.

6 things to know about new LAUSD Superintendent Michelle King (Hint, she’s kind of a Valley Girl)

Los
Angeles Unified SchoolDistrict
Deputy Superintendent Michelle King is named the district's next
superintendent by members of the board of education during a news
conference in Los Angeles, Monday, Jan.
11, 2016. At left, former Los Angeles Unified School District
Superintendent Ramon Cortines. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

King
is a Los Angeles native and attended L.A. Unified schools — Century
Park and Windsor Hills elementary schools and Palms Junior High — before
graduating
from Palisades High School.

SHE USED TO BE...

King
taught for 31 years as a science and math teacher, beginning at Porter
Middle School in Granada Hills. That’s right. The new superintendent of
the massive
district is a Valley Girl. From there, she became the coordinator for
the math, science and aerospace magnet at Wright Middle School in
Westchester, and then went on to become assistant principal and
principal at Hamilton High School in Cheviot Hills.

Michelle
King was unanimously selected Monday to be the superintendent of Los
Angeles Unified – the first African-American woman, and the first woman
in more
than 80 years, to head the nation’s second-largest school district.

King,
54, attended Los Angeles Unified schools and dedicated her 31-year
career to the District as a teacher and administrator. Most recently,
she was the
chief deputy superintendent under recently retired schools chief Ramon
C. Cortines.

Michelle
King speaks after being named the new superintendent of the Los Angeles
Unified School District, the nation's second largest school district,
on Monday,
Jan. 11, 2016.

The Los Angeles Unified School District has named Michelle King its new superintendent, officials announced on Monday.
The board of education voted unanimously to name King the new superintendent of the nation's second largest school district.

CNS/FOX 11 - Los Angeles Unified School District Deputy Superintendent Michelle King was named today the district's next
superintendent.
"What a historic moment this is," LAUSD board President Steven Zimmer
said. "A daughter of our city, a student and graduate of LAUSD, a
teacher from our schools, a principal from our system, a leader of our
community will now take the helm with us together
to lead this district, our schools and our community for breakthroughs
in public education for the students that need us the most."

LAUSD board picks long-time administrator Michelle King as new superintendent

After
months of speculation and a closed-door national search process, the
seven members of the Los Angeles Unified Board of Education announced on
Monday that
they have selected long-time district administrator Michelle King to be
the district's next superintendent.

In
brief remarks to reporters after the announcement, she thanked the
board for "their confidence and support" and as the first African
American woman to lead
the district, sees herself as a role model for what can be achieved.

The Los Angeles Unified School District turned to a home-grown educator to lead the nation's second largest school system.

Los Angeles Unified School District Deputy Superintendent Michelle King was named today the district’s next superintendent.

“What
a historic moment this is,” LAUSD board President Steven Zimmer said.
“A daughter of our city, a student and graduate of LAUSD, a teacher from
our schools,
a principal from our system, a leader of our community will now take
the helm with us together to lead this district, our schools and our
community for breakthroughs in public education for the students that
need us the most.”

After a three-month nationwide search, the LA Unified school board today kept it all in the family, naming
Michelle King, a district teacher and administrator for nearly 30 years, to serve as its new superintendent. She succeeds
Ramon Cortines whom she served as chief deputy until he stepped down last month.

The 54-year-old King becomes the first black female to ever run LAUSD and the
first woman at the helm of the district since 1929.

LAUSD school board President Steve Zimmer introduces Michelle King as the district’s new superintendent.

Michelle King,
the new LA Unified superintendent, is a
district “lifer,” having worked all of her professional career in the
district as a teacher, principal, magnet coordinator and top
administrator. She also is a product of LA Unified, having attended
Palisades High School.

King, 54, served as senior deputy superintendent of school operations under former Superintendent
John Deasy from 2011 to 2014, and was given the title chief deputy superintendent of schools when
Ramon Cortines took over shortly after Deasy resigned. In both roles she was effectively the No. 2 administrator for the district.

Los
Angeles Unified School District Deputy Superintendent Michelle King is
named the district's next superintendent by members of the board of
education during a news conference Monday in Los Angeles. At left is
former Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent
Ramon Cortines.

LOS
ANGELES – The Los Angeles Unified School District selected Michelle
King as its next superintendent Monday, making her the first woman in
more than 80 years and the
first black woman ever to lead the nation’s second largest school
district.

The
district’s board announced its unanimous vote at the end of a
closed-door session capping a month of meetings and interviews to select
a finalist.

After
a months-long national recruitment effort, the Los Angeles Board of
Education on Monday picked an insider — Deputy Superintendent Michelle
King — as the district’s
new superintendent.

King,
54, rose from the ranks and was a well-respected principal before
joining the administration. Board members said that she impressed them
in their long interviews
behind closed doors and think that her inside status will help her deal
with the district’s problems without delay, according to the
Los Angeles Times.